World’s most expensive skating dress?

Is this the most expensive skating costume of all time? Does anyone know how much it cost? I believe Michelle never competed in it because it was too heavy, but she wore it at the grand opening of the East-West Ice Palace.

PS I always loved Nancy's costumes, pretty much all of them! And many of Michelle's. But I also loved some of the '80's and early 90's dresses with all the sequins and patterns, as long as the colors worked together and for the skater. E.g., loved Kristi's Oly LP dress, the black with the gold, Tonya's '94 Oly LP dress, and I loved Debi's '88 red and white pattern on black -- really liked that one then and now! Also loved Debi in the bodysuits -- and Mishkutenok's as well, although Natalia had the added skirt (and random rags, lol). I guess my taste runs the gamut a bit since I found Michelle's Lyra Angelica dress stunning but I also liked the flashy '80's stuff!

Ptichka, you've posted a different Cohen dress than the one she's wearing in the articles. I like the second one, and I mostly liked the first one. I just thought the neckline of the first one did not suit Cohen's figure.

Interesting article, but when discussing dresses, they really should show all of the ones being discussed.

Is this the most expensive skating costume of all time? Does anyone know how much it cost? I believe Michelle never competed in it because it was too heavy, but she wore it at the grand opening of the East-West Ice Palace.

I love Wang's outfits for the most part, especially that sophisticated white dress that Nancy wore and Michelle's beautiful blue one. But I disagree with Vera about Shizuka's 2006 dress. I thought it was beautiful, dramatic but rather severe, with that great collar and the way the blues met. It was one of my favorite dresses of the Turin Olympics, but of course there was also the wonderful couture dress Carolina Kostner wore and a few knockouts by the Finnish ladies. Was it Kiira Korpi who had the dress with the starry effects on it? Anyway, stunning.

I prefer simple elegance, I find that style classy which is why there are very few dresses Vera designed for Michelle that I don't like! I think my least favorite was the gold Bolero dress. Other than that, cannot think of another!

indeed. Just like Roxie dress in that number. All the dresses above were beautiful does anybody know how much Michelle's or Nancy's picture above actually cost? Did Michelle actually order such an extravagant dress just for the opening of the rink?

Sheesh, when I think of how Peggy Fleming's mother made her dress for the 1968 Olympics...

I think things are getting a bit exceeding these days. Not that I mind having someone like Vera Wang grace the skating scene, but it just puts skating that much further out of the reach of ordinary families as a sport.

Sheesh, when I think of how Peggy Fleming's mother made her dress for the 1968 Olympics...

I think things are getting a bit exceeding these days. Not that I mind having someone like Vera Wang grace the skating scene, but it just puts skating that much further out of the reach of ordinary families as a sport.

For me there is no skating dress worn by Michelle or Sasha or any of the others that will ever outshine the dress Peggy wore in Gregnoble.

Peggy's dress looks a little warmer than a lot of later costumes, with the long sleeves and all. I think this picture was taken at the outdoor practice rink at Grenoble.

If I remember correctly Peggy's mom chose that color particularly for Grenoble, where the color originated (if colors can "originate." ) The monks of the Chartreuse Monastery made and sold a distinctive green liqueur, beginning in the 1700s, and the color chartreuse was named after it.